Left Boy

Ferdinand fka Left Boy
Ferdinand fka Left Boy
	Ferdinand fka Left Boy (2013)
Background information
Birth name	Ferdinand Sarnitz
Born	17 December 1988 (age 35); Vienna, Austria
Genres	Rap, future pop, electro, dubstep, drum and bass
Occupation(s)	Rapper, singer, producer
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Warner; JIVE Germany;
Website	www.ferdi.site

Ferdinand Sarnitz,^[1] (born 17 December 1988) known by his stage name Ferdinand fka Left Boy,^[2] is an Austrian singer and producer from Vienna, Austria.

Biography

Sarnitz was born on 17 December 1988 in Vienna, Austria to Austrian musician André Heller and Sabina Sarnitz. He attended the American International School of Vienna and graduated in 2007. Sarnitz spent much of his free time at school rapping. At the age of 18, Sarnitz went to New York City to study audio engineering at the Institute of Audio Research for a year.^[1] After living in his hometown Vienna for a short while, he moved to Brooklyn to live in a shared apartment with two directors, a producer and a photographer.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In December 2010, Sarnitz released his first mixtape, The Second Coming, for free download. In mid-2011, he started making music videos for all of the songs.^[6] Sarnitz often uses samples for his English songs which haven't been released for usability which is why an official sound carrier couldn't be released.^[5]^{[clarification needed]} Even though he hadn't been signed to a record label, he was able to perform at festivals in 2012, including Sea of Love and HipHop Open. Live, he is accompanied by the dance group Urban Movement. Sarnitz has a son called Yves-Louis.^[1] He cites Wu-Tang Clan, Oxmo Puccino, De La Soul, Atmosphere, Ugly Duckling, Daft Punk, Édith Piaf, Nina Simone, Oumou Sangaré, and Gipsy Kings as his inspirations.^[5]

In 2015, he rapped in the Official Theme Tune for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 "Building Bridges".

Discography

Album

Title	Details
Permanent Midnight	Released: 14 February 2014 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, Audio CD
Ferdinand	Released: 6 April 2018 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, Audio CD

Mixtapes

Title	Details
The Second Coming	Released: 2010 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download
Eternal Sunshine	Released: 2013 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download

EP

Title	Details
Guns, Bitches and Weed	Released: 2012 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download
NEW PAGE WHO DIS?	Released: 2019 Label: Made Jour Label Formats: Digital download

Singles

Title	Year
"Jack Sparrow"	2011
"I Want To"
"Gangstash"
"Outro"
"Video Games" (featuring Mirakle)
"Survive" (featuring Océane)
"Vie"
"Call Me Maybe"	2012
"Hundred K"	2013
"Black Dress"
"Girl"
"Get It Right"
"Security Check"	2014
"Sweet Emotions"	2015
"Healthy Ego"	2015
"Dangerous"	2016
"The Return Of..."	2017
"Get High"	2017
"Father of God"	2018
"Sweet Goodbye"
"Kid"
"Bitte brich mein Herz nicht Baby..."
"Sex Party"	2019
"Dynamite"	2019
"Stay at Home to Save the World"	2020
"Every Single Summer"
"Money Right"
"Vampire"
"Das ist Liebe"	2021
"Ohne Dir"	2022
"Summer Love"	2022
"Sweet Dreams (Sky Like Dreams)"	2023

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Familie ist doch eigentlich jeder, den man einlädt, Familie zu sein". Der Standard (in German). Standard Verlagsgesellschaft m. b. H. December 16, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
^ "Wie Left Boy zu Ferdinand wurde". Radio FM4 (in German). November 23, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ "Left Boy – Guns, Bitches, Weed". Juice Magazine (in German). piranha media GmbH. July 27, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
^ "mica-Interview mit Left Boy". mica – music austria (in German). Music Information Center Austria. February 27, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "15 Minutes To Fame". The Gap (in German). Monopol Medien GmbH. March 2, 2012. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
^ "Sea of Love: Left Boy". Sea of Love (in German). Retrieved September 23, 2012.